Jesse Marks is the newly appointed Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer for The Navigation Fund, a new major funder in the anti-factory farming space. 

We spoke with him about his experience becoming a grant-maker, interpersonal dynamics in funding, new areas he is excited about, how the movement can improve corporate campaigning and much more. 

• www.navigation.org 
• Navigation Fund Farm Animal Welfare Strategy
• Good Strategy Bad Strategy
• This is an uprising
• How to survive a plague
• www.digital-advocacy.com 
• Beautiful Trouble’s “toolbox”
• Link Paul Engler talk at Animal Liberation Conference / DxE
• Rules for Radicals 
• James blog on winning 

00:00:00:00 | Intro
00:05:37:16 | First shrimp welfare campaign ever?
00:08:48:21 | Transition to a grantmaker role
00:15:58:10 | New insights on applying for funding
00:26:40:20 | Priorities in TNF funding and why
00:35:59:13 | Youth organizing
00:48:30:21 | How to reach out to TNF for funding
00:50:23:21 | Where the movement can improve in corporate campaigns
00:55:06:08 | The importance of focus in programs
01:07:07:10 | Closing questions

With thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!

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